Today’s Terror Attack Reveals How France Has Become The Number One Target Of Radical Islamic Terrorists

A machete-wielding knifeman attacked a French soldier at The Louvre art gallery in Paris before being shot five times in the stomach. The attacker had yelled “Allahu Akbar” while brandishing a machete and two knives.

In total 12 people were murdered during the raid on the magazine’s office, including a police officer. The gunmen escaped the scene and the following day robbed a service station in the Aisne region.

January 8

Just a day after the Charlie Hebdo atrocity a gunman armed with a machine gun shot two people in the Paris suburb of Montrouge. A policewoman died in the shooting and a man was injured. Police later linked the killing to the Charlie Hebdo attack.

January 9

On the morning of January 9 police caught up with the Kouachi brothers, holed up at a printing firm. After an eight hour stand off armed cops shot the brothers who had emerged firing at officers.

While hundreds of cops surrounded the printing firm a gunman took several people hostage at a kosher supermarket in the east of Paris. The gunman, Amedy Coulibaly, threatened to kill people if the Kouachi brothers were not released.

Four hostages were killed in the attack. Coulibaly was later linked to the murder of a jogger in a park on the day of the Charlie Hebdo attack.

An outpouring of support followed the attacks with marches held in major cities around the world under the banner Je Suis Charlie.

The Paris attacks – November 2015

Just after 9.20pm local time the first of three suicide bombers struck at the Stade de France, where France were due to take on Germany in an international friendly attended by the French president.

Five minutes later shots were fired at people enjoying an evening at a Le Carillon in the 10th district – a popular nightlife spot. After firing at the bar a gunman turned and shot at people dining at a restaurant on the other side of the road.

Less than 10 minutes later more gunmen opened fire on diners just a few streets away.

At 9.40pm local time an attacker detonated a suicide bomb at another restaurant.

At the same time the deadliest attack of the night saw gunmen open fire on a sold out concert at the Bataclan, in the 11th district.

Kalashnikov-type assault rifles were fired into crowds, with reports of the gunmen shouting “Allahu Akbar”.

At about 12.20am elite security forces were sent into the security hall. One gunman was shot and two others blew themselves up. President Francois Hollande described the attacks, claimed by Islamic State, as an “act of war”.

Police station attack – January 7 2016

A year after the Charlie Hedbo attack a man wielding a meat cleaver and yelling “Allahu Akbar” tried to attack a police station in northern Paris. Sallah Ali, 20, was shot dead by cops. He was later said to be a Moroccan national obsessed with ISIS.

Catholic church killing – July 26 2016

Father Jacques Hamel, 86, was murdered at the altar by two fanatics at a Catholic church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, Normandy, while holding a morning service. He was reportedly beheaded by a knifeman who took two nuns and several worshippers hostage before he was shot dead by police.

The attackers Adel Kermiche and Abdel Malik Petitjean had pledged allegiance to ISIS, who claimed responsibility for the attack.

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